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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-26

GdoJ IdOoo'
1t seems nothing but natural, says
the editor of the 50. Louis Miller, for
every person. man or woman, tOthlnk
the position they occupy is just a
little bit worse than that of any one
else. And they imagine that if they
could only exchange places with some
one else, what a relief it would be.
Much of the worry and fretting in
life is caused by desire to secure an
easy place.
Success is only obtained by earnest
effort. At this implies hard work
of some kind. And when you are
doing hard work, you certainly cam
not be considered as having found an
easy place. 1t is those who do not
make a success that are always on
the lookout or hunt for an easy place
And after they find themselves in
positions where a little earnest effort
would considerably improve their
conditions, rather than make the
effort they allow themselves to make
an easy place for their individual
comfort, and let the chance slip.
Many young man, IN an effort to
find an easy place, has allowed OPP.
portunities to pass by which, if he
would have taken them up and adj
ded a few years of hard, well-directed
labor. would haye placed him in a
condition where, il he desired. he
might take upon himself an easy
place.
One item should by no means be
overlooked in this. and that is that
many places are like the ones you are
occupying, that is, they are very de-
ceiving. Others Imagine that you
are having very easy time as com.
pared with theirs, and they would
gladly exchange with you, while at
the same time you are thinkin. the
same with them.
We often make our lot in life not
only harder, but considerably worse
than it really is, by continually look
ing at the dark side. We try to see
all the drawbacks rather than trying
to better our condition all the while,
and this at least adds nothing to it,
This fact is, if life were all sunshine,
if we all secured what we might con-
slider as easy places, it is very doubt
full if we would appreciate it as fully
as we do our present blessings. Better
wear out than rust out. Life con be
made much pleasanter if we would
try to make the best of everything,
and then when we are able to better
ourselves, we are in condition to
enjoy ii better. 1t is an impOssibility
that each and every one of us should
be able to secure a place that we
might consider as easy. Added to
this is the fact that much that we see
is deceiving, and that if we fail to
find what we are seeking in making
change, we are only breeding dis
content instead of lettering ourselves.
1t is certainly to the interest of
every man to better himself or his
condition when he can do so honestly.
This is what, TO a certain extent, we
are all aiming to accomplish, but we
will not be able to reach this if, in
stead of earnest, faithful work, we de
vote our energies to seeking out and
obtaining an easy place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-26
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One bottle, at least, of Rogers Specific Lin
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storekeepers.
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BLACKSMITHING.

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ft24 DAVID LITTLE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-26

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
GERMAN OFFICERS.
Tho Social Privileges Enjoyed by the Com
InlssiOned Portion of tho Army.

Tho Social Privileges Enjoyed by the Com
Inlssioned Portion of tho Army.
An American who has just come back
from Germany treated several of us
the other evening to a very interesting
monologue on the German army in
German society. When, late in the
sixteenth century, Europe began to
awake from feudalism, she did so very
slowly, and almost regretfully. Some
of the worst features of the feudal
regime remained, and remain even to
this day. They may present them
selves under a new aspect assume a
guise less shocking to the modern eye,
but they are essentially the same as
they were four or five hundred years
ago. In Prussia the common soldier
gets for three years. service his board,
which is, to express it mildly, very
plain and frugal. Besides, he gets a
remuneration of 20 pfennig-5 cents
per day. A young Lieutenant, after
graduating at five or six classic, poly
technic and military schools, is enti-
tied to salary of $50 marks, or $37,
a month. He is expected to provide
for his uniform, and. if he is cavalry
officer, for his horse and servant
He has little expense in procuring a
servant, for any common servant
thinks himself happy to get position
as an officers servant, with So or 81 a
month. A Lieutenant from about %
to 20 years old can not expect to be
raised to the next highest rank, which
is that of Captain, before attaining at
least his thirty-sixth year. Besides, it
is always morally certain that every
young officer has to spend four or five
years in an out-of-the way garrison iu
some provincial town. Nevertheless, it
is fact, proved by statistics (the
favorite science of Bismarck), that the
number of young men DESTROYS to be-
come officers in the army increases
steadily year after year.
Now, how is this to be accounted
for? Only one reason can be given for
it, but that is ample. Every young
man who enters the army as candidate
for the citizenship, in so doing joins
himself to the aristocracy of the land.
His uniform opens to him the way to
the highest circles of society. At all
court circles he is introduced into the
presence of the King or Kaiser, as the
case may be. He is invited to all the
great annual banquets, for which,
however, he is obliged to pay his share.
Thus it often happens that our Lieu
tenant dimes on several courses of airy,
but very expensive dishes, and after
feastins on truffles aud champagne,
goes tea cheap restaurant to quiet the
cravings of his stomach with leber-
wursi sad saurkraut every German
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
$500 Reward.

II you suffer from dull, heavy headache,
obstruction of the nasal passages, dis
charges falling from the lead into the
throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and
acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; if the eyes are
weak, watery, and in1lamed; and there is
ringing in the ears, deafness, hacking or
coughing to clear the throat, expectoration
Of offensive matter, together with scabs
from ulcers; the voice being changed and
having nasal twang; the breath offensive;
smell and taste impaired; experience sen.
sation OF dizziness, with mental depression,
a hacking cough, and general debility, then
you are suffering from chronic nasal
catarrh. Only few of the above named
symptoms are likely to be present in any
one case at one time, or in one stage Of the
disease. Thousands of cases annually,
without manifesting half of the above
symptoms, result in consumption, and end
in the grave. No disease is so common,
more deceptive and dangerous, less under
stood or moro unsuccessfully treated by
physicians. The manufacturers of Dr..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good
faith, $500 reward for q case ct catarrh
which they can not cure. The Remedy Is
sold by druggists at only so cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

officer, from the beardless Aleutenah1
still in the habit of chewing candy to
the gruf-voiced Major, hopes to make
his fortune by marrying the daughter
of a rich parvenu. And it is fact
that nine out of every ten do succeed.
There is no shorter, surer, and as Tar
as the young manageable maiden Is
concerned, no more agreeable way OF
becoming part of the elite than the
marriage with an officer, young one,
if possible, but even an old one, rather
than none at at all. The art of flirta-
ton is an accomplishment deemed abb
solutely indispensable in every off Ger.
Flirting is the young Lieutenant's
second nature. He firts in the salon,
in the theater. on the promenade.
Only dueling is his greater passion.
By the rules of the corps he is obliged
to accept any challenge coming
from person not below him
in social standing. The favorite duel
of officers is the combat of swords, so
called after the long and broad swords
used. In this duel the fighting parties
are half Naked. e., the upper half of
their bodies is exposed. If an officer is
caught dueling he is arrested and
nominally sentenced. But he never
thinks of taking this seriously. If he
refuses to accept challenge his fellow
officers compel him to leave the army,
1t is treat to watch a young Lieu
tenant while he is drilling his men.
He has four or five corporals to as
sist him. His chief occupation is to
stand motionless. but in threatening
attitudes in the midst of the new
soldiers. He very seldom says any
thing-that would be directly sacrifice
ing his dignity. Whenever some UNI
lucky recruit or other tries in vain to
rouse himself to due appreciation
of the glories of the soldiers life, and
the corporal uses liveller language
than usual, our lieutenant frowns.
1t is seldom, very seldom,
that more is needed to set all things
right in a second. But even if after
the frown the refractory soldier con-
tinues "thick-headed. the Lieutenant
takes step toward him. That is
enough. Thus far no case is known
where this extreme measure of dis
cipline had not an immediate effect.
The recruits are for the most part
country people, good and honest but
stupid. They look upon the officers as
a superior being. 1t never comes to
their minds that he is made of the
same clay as they themselves. The
laws against INSTRUMENTATION are truly
Draconian. The other day young,
intelligent man was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment because he had
struck low-minded corporal who had
done his best to gall and insult the
young man in every way he could
NJ y Graphic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
MODERN JERUSALEM.
Views from Mount Olivet and Hilltop
on the Bethlehem Road

on the Bethlehem Road.
The Holy City looked very prosper
Gus and beautiful from this point
(Mount Olivet), and the wind in the
olives made pleasant sound; 50 we
stood and looked and the sacred teach
ings from all our lives came up about
us whole aud fair, as they had been
before we saw the Jerusalem of to-day.
A rough field lay all about us, with
scanty soil, where the gnarled old
olives, standing apart, looked as if
they had fought hard for life. And
all over the place wherever nature pre-
dominated over the slight cultivation,
there grew a low bush-they call it
"chaparral" in Texas-it is all thorns
and gray; at least, the leaves had not
yet appeared. Everywhere they grew,
these low, thorny bushes; so it was
not far they had to seek the Masters
crown.
On top of the Mount there are few
dirty novels and a mosque with a high
minaret, from the top of which we had
a beautiful view. The dead sea, lying
blue and still, low down among its
verdureless hills-the course of the
Jordan outlined in green-Jerusalem
Bethany, and all about the white
roads winding away among the curv-
ing hills.
Another view we had which equaled
this: 1t was from hilltop on the road
to Bethlehem. From this we saw the
Dead sea and Olivet. Jerusalem and
Mizpeh, Bethlehem and all the fair
green plains where still the shepherds
watch their flocks. By the time one
makes the journey to Bethlehem, how
ever, one has become dull and unen-
thusiastic. The town is dirty and the
guide talks on necessarily; the man.
ger, a neatly finished marble box; the
Altar of the Star, the Altar of the In.
nocents, the tomb of st. jerome and
the tomb of St. Paula seem all to be of
equal value in the eyes of the Fran
ciscan brother who shows them to
you.
But the cell of St. Jerome; just the
place a gloomy dyspeptic would choose
for his abode; this seemed of more
worth. Rather damp it was, with the
light coming in from above, and not
very much of it; but not at all unin-
habitable. Upstairs the Greek church
is impressive-impressive, because of
its perfect simplicity; for the brown
rafters are all implanted and ungilded,
and are the resting places Of many
sparrows and swallows, whose twitter.
ing and chirpings filled the cool gloom.
1t reminded me of the peaceful Campo
Santo at Pisa; and with Gethsemane,
and the wheat fields about Bethany, is
the calmest memory have of Jerusa-
lem.--Cor. Louisville Courier journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
GIRLS PENMANSHlP.
Why Yonnc Ladies' Should Pay Moro At.
tention to Their Handwriting.

Why Yonnc Ladies' Should Pay Moro At.
tention to Their Handwriting.
Girls should look to their handwriting,
for it may serve them at some future
crisis better than shorthand or the type
writer, says the Youths Companion. There
is lady clerk in the Department Of the
snug and easy place Of 81, 600 year, chief y
on account Of the extraordinary excel
lence Of her penmanship 1t is she who Is
selected to copy the letters of the depart
ment which are regarded as Of the great
est consequence, such, for example, as
arc to receive the attention OF the Presi-
don't, who frequently compliments Mrs.
Avcry's admirable penmanship.
No doubt her handwriting is neat and
elegant, because, when she was learning
the art, she took pains; and no doubt 9th
er girls could do as well, by taking the
same course. Considering the advantage
it is to many girls to write good hand, it
is strange that more Of them do not try
to acquire this accomplishment OF late
years our schoolgirls and school boys do
q great d; al more writing than they did
formerly Much is done in school now
by way of dictation, and in many schools
the pupils have pencil or pen in hand al
most half the time.
But it would not be true to say that the
girls of to-day write more legibly and
neatly than their mothers did. 1t would
be we'll if they paid far more atten-
ton to this matter than they do.
But they should make a serious
study Of it-acquire the habit Of
taking the best posture; learn to use the
muscles to advantage, so that they may
not easily become tired; and then prac-
tice, as one who intend to become pro.
fessional musician practices. When a
piece of writing gets worse and worse,
page after page, it is because the writer
did the work with only one end Of the
muscular system of the arm, instead OF
employing the whole of its exquisite and
harmonious machinery. Mrs. Avery, it is
said, writes as easily rs she does legibly.
She writes as we'll at the end Of her days
work as at the beginning, and her fingers
never ache.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

"A new form of amusement, now IN
vogue at Beaver Falls, Pa. is for a
number of young men to gather round
q natural gas torch and catch the June
bugs or beetles. then put them on their
hands and beat the cigars as to which
will fly away the quickest. The bugs
fly directly for the gas torch, and an
other plan is to bet on the one who will
get in the flames first and be burned to
death. 1t is very exciting game, and
the Soys say it beats baseball all hol
low,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
COVERING HAY STACKS.
How Hay In Kicks Can BE Protected Wit
Boards at Small Cost.

How Hay In Kicks Can Be Protected With
Boards at Small Cost.
In ricks ten feet wide and twelve
feet high, between three and four tons
of hay will be contained in each rod of
length. On an average, between one
fourth and one-half ton of this will
waste where the hay is mixed meadow
hay and clover, if left uncovered. This
is loss eff one to six dollars. accord
ing to the local price of hay. In new
countries coarse slough hay furnishes
good covering or thatching to top
out the stack with, but slough hay is
passing away before the ditching
spade and improved grass seed. 1t is
often necessary to store the hay out
doors until barns can be afford
ed, or when an unexpected surplus is
harvested. Sometimes it is found
expedient to stack in the field or
in the edge of a woodland pasture, to
be fed out without hauling to the barns.
The writer has used sixteen feet boards
to make covers for ricks and found
them economical For rick ten feet
wide, ten or twelve one-foot boards are
necessary. Three poles, or scantling,
five or six feet long; are used on each
side for rafters. The boards are mere
ly tackled on lengthwise, beginning at
the bottom, tapping an inch to shed the
water Rafters can be put in place be-
fore the boards are nailed on, or the
sides of the roof may be raised in place
after mailing the boards fast The two
sides can be fastened together at the
ridge with pieces of fence wire.
Top out the rick so that the
cover will have good slant
on either side. Where the stacks are
exposed to the wind it is we'll to fasten
the covers to stakes in the ground with
wire. If the nails are not driven quite
down they can be easily drawn when
feeding, and the boards used for other
purposes or laid away until next hay
ing time. The first cost of the lumber
will be about three dollars for each six
teen feet in length, and should last
many years if it is at all properly cared
Tor.
Near a small horse barn 1t was de-
sirable each year to build round
stack of two or three tons of hay ip
addition to that contained in the NOW.
To protect this during the fall rains,
a cap was made of boards in
four parts. The angle of each
triangular section at the top was some
what less than a right angle, so as to
give the four sides the slope of four
sided roof. The sections were light,
and were put in place by the man on
the stack taking rope in either hand
attached to the opposite sections and,
by the aid of the pitcher, lifting them
to the top, where they were fastened
together by means Of strong Irvine
wrapped around nails The lower op-
posite corners were also attached in
the same way. This cover made of
scraps of boards did service several
years. The top of the stack Of horse
hay was always in as nice condition az
that in the mow.-Proirie Farmer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
Captain johnson Sides, an intelli.

Captain johnson Sides, an intelli.
gent Piute Indian, says that the idea
prevalent among the whites that the
Piutes are gradually diminishing in
numbers is incorrect. The census re-
turns of 1880 show that there were at
that time only $500, but he says many
of them were not counted, and that
there were fully 5000. He estimates
the present number of the tribe at
fully 5000, and probably 9,500.-M Y
Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

in Rondout N. T., there is q
restaurant that displays printed cards
which convey to customers informa-
ton OF what may be obtained there.
One of the signs reads as follows:
Lamb chopses;'' another, "oyster
stewses;" another, 'all kindses of
pises;" another, 'oyster fryses," etc.
A man walked into the place, and
after looking at the signs, blandly
asked the clerk for '.piecies Of
pieses. Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

You CAN GET FREE five hundred page
Cook Book of original and thoroughly
tested recipes, if you send ten 2-cent stamps
to pay postage and Is top covers Of Warn
er's SAFE Yeast packages, to Warmers
SAFE Yeast Co., Rochester, N. Y. The
book, in cloth, will be sent, postpaid, for
$1.15. The paper bound books, will not be
sold, they can only be had as above de-
scribed. It is q Wonderfully fine book.
avery woman will want it,'' says Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

"GoLDEN at morning, silver at noon, and
lead at night" is the old saying about eat
ing oranges But there is something that
is rightly named Golden, and can be taken
with benefit at any hour of the day. This
is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
literally worth its weight in gold to any one
suffering with scrofulous affections, i'm
purities Of the blood, or diseases of the liv-
or and lungs. It is unfailiAg. By druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22
HOME AND FARM.

Poison, trap, or shoot every
ground-squirrel you can.
If many posts are to be set they
should be peeled and soaked in boiling
tar. A boiling-pan costs but little. and
will last for several years. Prairie
Farmer.
-Cotton-seed hulls are used by some
persons in the vicinity of New Orleans
as mulch for strawberries, serving also
as an excellent fertilizer later in the
season.
When the cocks have been picking
each other until the combs and wattles
bleed profusely, pour strong alum
water over their heads, which will cause
the bleeding to cease.-Ecchange.
Use no stable manure on your
peach trees. A mixture of some kind
of mineral fertilizer is better. Expert
ments have shown mari to be excellent
Tor peach trees.
When little chicks feather rapidly
they sometimes droop. If the cause be
not due to lice they may be greatly as
sisted by feeding them small guam
tity of chopped meat once a day.
The most successful shepherd OF
the future will have his mutton on the
market as regularly and in as good
condition as his wool. The same man
will make both products as good az
possible. Louis Republican.
"A writer says in the Country Gen
tleman that, as the Japanese ivy cl1ngs
so closely after the second year that it
can not be removed, it ought not to be
trained over surface which needs re-
pairing or painting.
The Purest and Best of Queens.
Queens we have in every household
They should reign with tender hand.
Pure and true, and living sovereigns
Through this broad and smiling land
Teeming, prosperous, happy land.
Golden Rule.
Layer Cake or Cup Cakes: Three
eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar,
one-half cup each OF butter and milk,
two cups of -four, a little over one
rounding teaspoonful of yeast powder
mixed with the -four, flavor with lemon,
and add the whites, beaten lightly, last.
Household.
Young pigs will usually commence
to eat when about three weeks old, and
the more attractive the portion put
within their reach the quicker they
will learn to make full feed. If they
can have little fresh milk at the start
so much the better, but by common
consent skim-milk is counted sufficient
to meet piggy notion. With milk as a
starter they will soon take to slop
made of milk feed.
Boiled Custard. two table,
spoonfuls of water in the kettle first.
to keep the custard from sticking.
Then add one quart of milk, two table,
spoonfuls of sugar, two eggs (the eggs
and sugar beaten together) and two
slices of bread. If hard, dry bread is
used, it should be soaked in water
awhile before making the custard.
After putting it on the stove, watch it
closely, for as soon as it boils it is
done. Boston Budget.
TO remove ink, iron-rust, or mil
dew: If the garment is white, when
washing tie pinch of cream tartar
where the spot is. After boiling re-
move the string and the spot will be
gone. If the spots are very large or
numerous, the garment can be boiled
by itself in clean water containing
from one ounce to one-fourth of
pound OF cream tartar. 1t will not in
jure the fabric. and Farm
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-22

BEAUTIFUL woman, from whence came thy
bloom,
Thy beaming eye. thy features fair7
What kindly hand on thee was laid
End0wing thee with beauty rare7
Twas not ever thus" the dame replied,
Once pale this face, these features bold,
The 'Favorite Prescription of DR.. Pierce
Wrought the wOnderous change which you be-